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Contributed by Joel W. Rose Wilmington Star / Friday, October 21, 1994 [Extract] Claude Hunter Moore, 78, of Rt. 1, Turkey, died Wednesday in Wayne Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at St. Pauls Episccopal Church with Rev. Tom Cure officiating. Burial will be in the Moore Family Cemetery. Thompson-Moore Family Cemetery He was a native of Sampson County, born June 14, 1916. He was the son of Claude Daniel and Eva Hunter Moore. He was a local educator and historian and retired from Mt. Olive College and he was school principal for 21 years. He was the director and developer of Cabin Museum, a world traveler and tour leader, a member of Sampson County Historical Sociedty and one of the founders; Sons of American Revolution, Sons of Confederacy, Historical Wilmington Foundation, Inc., Grange Master, a Genealogist and a member of Mt. Olive Colege Bridge Builders. He was a member of St. Pauls Episcopal Church and served as a Lay Reader and former Vestry Member.
Salute from the Sampson County Historical Society Claude Hunter Mooore, a past-president of our society, was an amazing man who loved to study the War Between the States. He was the founder of the Cabin Museum, which was his private museum in Turkey, North Carolina, and it was open to the public. The museum held an impressive collection of war memorabilia, from a military uniform to a weapon, all housed in two buildings which were located on his ancestral farm consisting of 200 acres. One of the buildings was built in 1770, and the other was built ca. 1858. Claude Moore was a noted Sampson County historian from 1979 until his death. By profession he was a teacher and shcool principal, he having once taught at M. Olive College from 1968-1981. When his teaching career ended, he became a columnist for the Mount Olive Tribune for fifteen (15) years. For his many contributions to the history of our state, and in honor of his memory, we named our journal award after him. The CLAUDE HUNTER MOORE JOURNAL AWARD
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